New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-20
WASHINGTON Z EITER
w ashington, July 10Th. /

The people of ashington, especially
the medical fraternity, are beginning to
look forward with pleasant anticipa-
tons to the meeting Of the international
Medical Congress in this city next Sep
TENDER, for which purpose Congress on
y appropriated $40, 900, which memoir
able event promises to be of great inn
portance to that noble profession that
has done more than any other agency
for the well-being of suffering humane
ty.
A prominent Democratic Treasury
official, Oscar J. Harvey, has been
jailed for Strengthening warehouses with
his able pen not the POLITICAL WARRIORS
es of whom you have read 50 much, for
they are only Of nominal value-and what
is worse, he made the Government pay
for them at the rate Of 5000 each. This
man had charge of the settlement of
claims Of military officers on account of
horses lost in the army service, and
whenever it suited his purpose to do SO,
Harvey would put through claim by
a series of sharp fogeries, and take the
money. The fogeries really foot up to
$4,000 but he only realized about 3d.
900 before his rascality was exposed.
The fallen clerk confesses his guilt. In
such cases the penalty is ten years i'm
prisonment, or $1,000 fine, or both in
each case: there are between one and
two hundred cases against him.
The judicatory in the case of Rev. F.
M. Todd, of Manassas, Va, after de-
liberating many days as to whether or
not he was guilty Of unchastity returned
the old Schotch verdict mot proven"
The case was tried in this city, and was
regarded with more than usual interest
as the Presidents pastor, DR.. Sunder.
land, was counsel for defendant. DR..
Sunderland and his client are dis
pleased with the result and will take an
appeal.
An important modification of the Civ.
il Service rules is the repeal CT the
clause limiting the age of the candidate
to forty-fve years; one effect of this
will be to open the way for Ex-Confed-
Grade soldiers, most of whom have
hitherto been excluded under hat reg
ulation.
Inclusive of fourth-class post masters,
the number of ''chief officers" of the
Government is 56,134. and in these
there have been 1892 changed under
President Cleveland, which is :, better
showing than many Demo Gratis sup
posed possible. Washington is one OF
the few large cities of the country still
having Republican postmaster, but
tn ere are strong indications OF a change
very soon.
About 81, 250, 900 in three per cent.
bonds were redeemed at the Treasury
Department this week.
The female clerks of the Patent office
are all agog over an intrigue brought
to light by the Bacon expose. It is
said that one lady had so wrought upon
the old mans susceptibility to female
charms that she secured advances from
her lover amounting to $3.50. It ap-
pears that this lady. (she may be one,
although Bacon had wife and grown
children,) was already marked for de.
capitation on July 1st, but now she will
be permitted to remain until her ac-
counts with the Government are settled
The colored people of Winona and
La Crosse will celebrate at Winona the
| anniversary of the establishment of a
free COLONY in Liberia, on the 1st of Au.
gust.